Women's long jump world record progression
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The first world record in the women's long jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936.
Record progression
Indoor
An asterisk indicates a record was repeated. All records since Drechsler's 7.32 m in 1987 were ratified by the IAAF.[1]
| Mark | Athlete | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.47 m (14 ft 7+3⁄4 in) |  Wiera Czajkowska (POL) | Katowice | 3 March 1928 |
| 5.03 m (16 ft 6 in) |  Ethel Raby (GBR) | London | 6 April 1935 |
| 5.15 m (16 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Ethel Raby (GBR) | London | 21 March 1936 |
| 5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in) |  Elfriede Kaun (GER) | Kiel | 21 March 1937 |
| 5.73 m (18 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Erika Junghanns (GER) | Halle | 1 March 1941 |
| 5.74 m (18 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Irmgard Herholdt (GER) | Dortmund | 14 March 1942 |
| 5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in) |  Alexandra Chudina (URS) | Leningrad | 17 March 1953 |
| 5.95 m (19 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Erika Fisch (FRG) | Frankfurt | 20 March 1954 |
| 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in) |  Christa Stubnick (GDR) | Frankfurt | 11 February 1955 |
| 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in)* | Nina Martynenko (URS) | Leningrad | 1 March 1955 |
| 5.98 m (19 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Nelli Yeliseyeva (URS) | Moscow | 25 March 1957 |
| 6.03 m (19 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Nelli Yeliseyeva (URS) | Leningrad | 2 February 1958 |
| 6.07 m (19 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Nelli Yeliseyeva (URS) | Leningrad | 10 March 1958 |
| 6.08 m (19 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Nelli Yeliseyeva (URS) | Berlin East | 16 March 1958 |
| 6.17 m (20 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Leningrad | 3 March 1961 |
| 6.27 m (20 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Leningrad | 5 March 1961 |
| 6.29 m (20 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Leningrad | 4 March 1962 |
| 6.33 m (20 ft 9 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Leningrad | 28 March 1962 |
| 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) | Mary Rand (GBR) | Los Angeles | 13 February 1965 |
| 6.39 m (20 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Leningrad | 27 March 1965 |
| 6.54 m (21 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | New York | 18 February 1966 |
| 6.60 m (21 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Dortmund | 27 March 1966 |
| 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Dortmund | 27 March 1966 |
| 6.73 m (22 ft 3⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | Dortmund | 27 March 1966 |
| 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) | Angela Voigt (GDR) | Berlin East | 24 January 1976 |
| 6.77 m (22 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Karin Hänel (FRG) | Grenoble | 21 February 1981 |
| 6.77 m (22 ft 2+1⁄2 in)* | Margarita Butkiene (URS) | Kaunas | 11 January 1982 |
| 6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Svetlana Vanyushina (URS) | Vilnius | 17 January 1982 |
| 6.83 m (22 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Svetlana Vanyushina (URS) | Vilnius | 17 January 1982 |
| 6.88 m (22 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) | Berlin East | 1 February 1983 |
| 6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in) |  Anisoara Cusmir (ROU) | Bucharest | 5 February 1983 |
| 6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in)* | Valeria Ionescu (ROU) | Bucharest | 19 February 1983 |
| 6.94 m (22 ft 9 in) | Anisoara Cusmir (ROU) | Bucharest | 19 February 1983 |
| 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) | Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR) | Senftenberg | 21 January 1984 |
| 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)* | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Senftenberg | 2 February 1985 |
| 7.25 m (23 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | Kishinev | 16 February 1985 |
| 7.25 m (23 ft 9+1⁄4 in)* | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Berlin East | 25 January 1986 |
| 7.29 m (23 ft 11 in) | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Berlin East | 25 January 1986 |
| 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in) | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | New York | 27 February 1987 |
| 7.37 m (24 ft 2 in) | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Vienna | 13 February 1988 |
Outdoor
As of June 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 36 world records in the event.[2]
| Mark | Wind | Athlete | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.16 m (16 ft 11 in) |  Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH) |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | 6 August 1922[2] | |
| 5.30 m (17 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Marie Mejzlíková II (TCH) |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | 23 September 1923[2] | |
| 5.485 m (17 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Muriel Gunn (GBR) |
London, United Kingdom | 2 August 1926[2] | |
| 5.50 m (18 ft 1⁄2 in) |  Kinue Hitomi (JPN) |
Gothenburg, Sweden | 28 August 1926[2] | |
| 5.575 m (18 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Muriel Gunn (GBR) |
London, United Kingdom | 1 August 1927[2] | |
| 5.98 m (19 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Kinue Hitomi (JPN) |
Osaka, Japan | 20 May 1928[2] | |
| 6.12 m (20 ft 3⁄4 in) |  Christel Schulz (GER) |
Berlin, Germany | 30 July 1939[2] | |
| 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) |  Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) |
Leiden, Netherlands | 19 September 1943[2] | |
| 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) | 0.2 |  Yvette Williams (NZL) |
Gisborne, New Zealand | 20 February 1954[2] |
| 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) | 1.3 | Galina Vinogradova (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 11 September 1955[2] |
| 6.31 m (20 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 0.5 | Galina Vinogradova (URS) |
Tbilisi, Soviet Union | 18 November 1955[2] |
| 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) | 1.0 |  Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) |
Budapest, Hungary | 20 August 1956[2] |
| 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) |
Melbourne, Australia | 27 November 1956[2] | |
| 6.40 m (20 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Hildrun Claus (GDR) |
Erfurt, East Germany | 7 August 1960[2] |
| 6.42 m (21 ft 3⁄4 in) | 1.4 | Hildrun Claus (GDR) |
East Berlin, East Germany | 23 June 1961[2] |
| 6.48 m (21 ft 3 in) | −1.5 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 16 July 1961[2] |
| 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) | 1.5 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
Leipzig, East Germany | 10 June 1962[2] |
| 6.70 m (21 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 4 July 1964[2] | |
| 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) | −1.6 | Mary Rand (GBR) |
Tokyo, Japan | 14 October 1964[2] |
| 6.82 m (22 ft 4+1⁄2 in) A | 0.0 |  Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROU) |
Mexico City, Mexico | 14 October 1968[2] |
| 6.84 m (22 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.0 | Heide Rosendahl (FRG) |
Turin, Italy | 3 September 1970[2] |
| 6.92 m (22 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | 1.6 | Angela Voigt (GDR) |
Dresden, East Germany | 9 May 1976[2] |
| 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in) | 2.0 | Siegrun Siegl (GDR) |
Dresden, East Germany | 19 May 1976[2] |
| 7.07 m (23 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | 1.9 | Vilma Bardauskiené (URS) |
Kishinev, Soviet Union | 18 August 1978[2] |
| 7.09 m (23 ft 3 in) | 0.0 | Vilma Bardauskiené (URS) |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | 29 August 1978[2] |
| 7.15 m (23 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.3 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1982[2] |
| 7.20 m (23 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | −0.3 | Valy Ionescu (ROU) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1982[2] |
| 7.21 m (23 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | 0.6 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) |
Bucharest, Romania | 15 May 1983[2] |
| 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) | 0.6 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) |
Bucharest, Romania | 4 June 1983[2] |
| 7.43 m (24 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | 1.4 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) |
Bucharest, Romania | 4 June 1983[2] |
| 7.44 m (24 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 2.0 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
East Berlin, East Germany | 22 September 1985[2] |
| 7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.9 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
Tallinn, Soviet Union | 21 June 1986[2] |
| 7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 1.1 | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
Dresden, East Germany | 3 July 1986[2] |
| 7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 0.6 |  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
Indianapolis, United States | 13 August 1987[2] |
| 7.45 m (24 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | 1.0 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988[2] |
| 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in) | 1.4 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988[2] |